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we went back today and looked at john boehner's freshman year. that congress passed a whopping 610 bills into law. but boehner did remind us all in july that that is no way to judge his congress now. >> we should not be judged on how many new laws we create. we ought to be judged on how many laws we repeal. >> okay, then, mr. speaker. let's do that for a minute. even on that measure, it turns out this congress is a failure. even on its supposedly core pieces of conservative agenda items, many never got a vote. look, for example, at an attempt to repeal fuel economy standards. a failure. 101 house members cosigned a bill that would effectively terminate a huge chunk of the tax code. that was a failure. so even by the speaker's metric, the first year this congress was a failure. we are going to find out soon, as soon as tuesday, whether that will all change. joining us now to unpack it is robert costa, a cnbc political analyst and back with us here at the table, steve kornacki. robert, we are hearing talk about boehner's interests in a small immigr
we went back today and looked at john boehner's freshman year. that congress passed a whopping 610 bills into law. but boehner did remind us all in july that that is no way to judge his congress now. >> we should not be judged on how many new laws we create. we ought to be judged on how many laws we repeal. >> okay, then, mr. speaker. let's do that for a minute. even on that measure, it turns out this congress is a failure. even on its supposedly core pieces of conservative agenda...
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john boehner had the best year in washington. that's the headline in the "national journal," arguing that actually by the end of the year he did stand up, finally, to many of those groups and he's in a much stronger position. what do you think? >> well, saying you had the best year in washington last year is like saying you're the most virtuous person in the bordello. it is true he came out of the year in a lot better position than he went into the year. i think i quarrel to the extent that it was some grand plan. basically, he followed the conservative rank and file over the cliff and cleaned himself up and came back. and having seen the consequences of going over the cliff, they're more willing to follow. i think that will last for, you know, a week or two until he crosses them again and they'll be back at it. >> yeah. i think that's right. and i think for folks who say, oh, we had to stay over the cliff for longer and better things would've happened, i don't know they're that persuadable. susan, take a look at this number as w
john boehner had the best year in washington. that's the headline in the "national journal," arguing that actually by the end of the year he did stand up, finally, to many of those groups and he's in a much stronger position. what do you think? >> well, saying you had the best year in washington last year is like saying you're the most virtuous person in the bordello. it is true he came out of the year in a lot better position than he went into the year. i think i quarrel to the...
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are you in lockstep with john boehner if immigration is on the agenda for 2014? >> i think you have to start with first thing's first. when congress gets back the first thing it has to do is take the budget deal and actually makes it law, otherwise government can literally shut down on the 15th. i think we'll get that done, but it hasn't been accomplished yet. you have a farm bill that's going to be accomplished and i don't see much on the immigration front until the spring at the earliest. i think those other things have to get done first. >> do you think that that is the real logical dateline agenda in talking about immigration and the possibility of any type of reform is really just a red herring coming from john boehner to buy time for the 2014 mid terps? >> no. i don't think the speaker is quite serious. he's been consistent in wanting to pursue a step by step approach. four bills have actually cleared the house judiciary committee and are ready to come to the floor. so i think he's sincere about wanting to do something. i just think until you actually have
are you in lockstep with john boehner if immigration is on the agenda for 2014? >> i think you have to start with first thing's first. when congress gets back the first thing it has to do is take the budget deal and actually makes it law, otherwise government can literally shut down on the 15th. i think we'll get that done, but it hasn't been accomplished yet. you have a farm bill that's going to be accomplished and i don't see much on the immigration front until the spring at the...
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. >> you know even john boehner has said this was a republican shutdown. >> look, why help what other people say. and john, i understand that in the media, every day the media reported. >> but come on. >> let's get right to our panel. jonathan capehart is a political writer for the "washington post" and msnbc contributor and josh barrow for the business insider. thanks to you both for being here. >> thanks, karen. >> so jonathan, okay, so 2013 was supposed to be the year of reince priebus and american rebranding. so maybe in 2014? >> i don't think so. look, the gop autopsy, accurate -- i mean, as i wrote gop autopsies are done on ted things, and the republican party is doing everything it can to remain dead. that autopsy said the republican party needed to reach out to women, young people. african-americans. latinos. needed to pay attention to immigration. lgbt rights. and on all of those things, the republican party has proactively done things to turn off all of those constituencies and to do the opposite of what they need to do on those issues that i enumerated before. >> you know,
. >> you know even john boehner has said this was a republican shutdown. >> look, why help what other people say. and john, i understand that in the media, every day the media reported. >> but come on. >> let's get right to our panel. jonathan capehart is a political writer for the "washington post" and msnbc contributor and josh barrow for the business insider. thanks to you both for being here. >> thanks, karen. >> so jonathan, okay, so 2013 was...
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this is john boehner, speaker of the house, he said many things off camera. "one month ago i personally told the white house another extension of unemployment benefits should not only be paid for, but include something to help put people back to work. to date the president has offered no such plan. if he does, i'll be happy to discuss it, but right now the house is going to remain focused on growing the economy and giving america's unemployed the independence of only finding a good job." clearly, there will be a fight in the house of representatives. let's talk about this a little bit. we await for the president. let's bring in our agenda panel for today, kelly goff, columnist for "the daily beast," lee fong, contributing writer for "the nation," and cheryl, i'll start with you. you were going to sort of pay attention to the republicans voting here and we saw six voted for it. what did you think of what you saw in terms of the unemployment rates of the senators who voted for and against this? >> it was a pretty unpredictable group of senators, six republican
this is john boehner, speaker of the house, he said many things off camera. "one month ago i personally told the white house another extension of unemployment benefits should not only be paid for, but include something to help put people back to work. to date the president has offered no such plan. if he does, i'll be happy to discuss it, but right now the house is going to remain focused on growing the economy and giving america's unemployed the independence of only finding a good...
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house speaker john boehner may back that plan but under one condition. >>> also, the big chill. people digging out from this weekend's record snowfall is now facing a deep freeze and arctic blast. the coldest in decades. we're live. >>> also ahead -- >> we're not there yet. but we are making progress. >> we're working hard to achieve an agreement on core issues. >> pursuing peace. right now, secretary john kerry is in the mideast meeting with palestinian and israeli leaders. but so is senator john mccain. is the arizona senator undercutting kerry's efforts. >>> and crews save 52 scientists from a stranded ship. now the rescue ship itself is stuck. >>> we start back here with that deep freeze. a large portion of this country could see the coldest temperatures in nearly three decades this weekend. the national weather service says the arctic blast could make it feel likes it's between 30 and 50 degrees below zero in some places. richard lui is live in boston where residents are digging out from up to two feet of snow in some cases. are folks out and about digging or is it too far
house speaker john boehner may back that plan but under one condition. >>> also, the big chill. people digging out from this weekend's record snowfall is now facing a deep freeze and arctic blast. the coldest in decades. we're live. >>> also ahead -- >> we're not there yet. but we are making progress. >> we're working hard to achieve an agreement on core issues. >> pursuing peace. right now, secretary john kerry is in the mideast meeting with palestinian and...
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. >> now, you know even john boehner has said this was a republican shutdown. >> look, i can't help what other people say. john, i understand that in the media, every day the media reported the republicans shut the government down. >> come on. >> also we have to point out there was the senator's 21-hour filibuster that some people call the faux filibuster to challenge the president's health care law. victoria, he's among the most conservative voices in the republican party, certainly a tea party favorite. what do you expect from him come 2014? >> ted cruz has had a bang-up year in 2013. many folks look at what he did this past year saying is this going to be his springboard for running for the presidency? are there bigger plans? you know, thomas, i don't see that. a lot of folks think there might be a ted cruz for president campaign, but he is smart enough to know we may not agree with him, but he knows that the math doesn't add up for him being able to win a general election. i think we need to start to look at ted cruz as a jim demint. jim demint left, he's passed on the baton to ted c
. >> now, you know even john boehner has said this was a republican shutdown. >> look, i can't help what other people say. john, i understand that in the media, every day the media reported the republicans shut the government down. >> come on. >> also we have to point out there was the senator's 21-hour filibuster that some people call the faux filibuster to challenge the president's health care law. victoria, he's among the most conservative voices in the republican...
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. >> john boehner, i was fascinated when he came back at the end of the budget deal. immigration is something the house has to deal with. his role, whether he will be able to strengthen his grip on the house or is he still going to be calling the tea party? >>> he ended this past year on a very difficult note. he took a tough line on to the groups. it will be very interesting to see as we move forward on the other bipartisan associations and whether that's something he turns to again. if he does in fact pursue that tougher approach to the outside groups again and what that ends up doing build his stature within his own caucus in the house. >> i want to talk about the pope. it's amazing how much we talked about pope francis last year. it's impressive just the discussions that we had. i will start with you, do min coe. is it going to have a practical impact on whether it's income and equality that clearly has gotten the attention of the people here in the united states or sonia sotomayor's decision and whether it's contraception and 85% of catholics use it. is he going
. >> john boehner, i was fascinated when he came back at the end of the budget deal. immigration is something the house has to deal with. his role, whether he will be able to strengthen his grip on the house or is he still going to be calling the tea party? >>> he ended this past year on a very difficult note. he took a tough line on to the groups. it will be very interesting to see as we move forward on the other bipartisan associations and whether that's something he turns to...
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boehner seeming to highlight what would be a major theme for 2014 for the gop, and i want to remind everybody what they can expect. take a look. >> we spent you know the last year trying to protect the american people from the consequences of this health care law, and if you look toward next year, we're going to continue to look for ways to protect the american people from what's happening out there. >> okay, so they want to lead the year on the boogie man of the aca. and protecting americans from having access to affordable health care. how much do you think that that's going to play out by the time the midterms come around? certainly there will be time to put commercials together, chris, but if people really start to dig, having their health care, and that they're paying less, or they have access for the first time in their lives, isn't that something that's going to make the republicans turn on their heels about trying to spin their way? >> i think there's two dynamics here. one is obviously you want more good news you know on the aca front. as the enrollment numbers grow as the
boehner seeming to highlight what would be a major theme for 2014 for the gop, and i want to remind everybody what they can expect. take a look. >> we spent you know the last year trying to protect the american people from the consequences of this health care law, and if you look toward next year, we're going to continue to look for ways to protect the american people from what's happening out there. >> okay, so they want to lead the year on the boogie man of the aca. and protecting...